[FreedomPoster]

Oof! That’s no fun.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

What beautiful landscape! Except, of course, for the boulders blocking the road and the damage.

[goldstategop]

I’ve been on the I-70 from Aspen to Denver. Passes right over the Continental Divide. The fun part is driving through the Eisenhower Tunnel under the mountains.

[Up Yours Marxists]

I-70 is a horrible road to travel in the winter. Best to just go I-40 and avoid frequent closures.

Thank God nobody was hurt.

[Caipirabob]

We drove through that area not too long ago. At that time there was construction with minor delays. My wife wondered outloud what do they do if the road gets cut off. Apparently a very realistic concern. What an amazing, scenic part of the country if you can make it out there though - magnificent!

[BluH2o]

The Glenwood Canyon portion of I-70 is a very picturesque drive. It's approximately 12 miles in distance and considered the costliest piece of interstate to engineer and build in the US. We drive thru Glenwood Canyon frequently, aside from rock slides traffic accidents (especially involving trucks) can shut down the eastbound or westbound lanes for hours. When driving across the Rockies on I-70 especially in the winter months you have three areas of concern ... the Eisenhower Tunnel area, Vail Pass (10 thousand feet), and Glenwood Canyon.

[mountainlion]

158 MPH wind is the area did not help.

[SamAdams76]

There are large rocks out there. I have a large rock in my yard that is used for landscaping purposes.

[Does so]

It’s fracking! /s

[exit82]

Never heard of a pilot car concept.

Appears to be traffic in a single lane, alternating in direction.

[crusty old prospector]

I had thought about going to ski at Sunlight over Spring Break to beat the crowds.

[KC Burke]

Spent many hours running I - 70

From Colorado east it is a busy road. This section in Colorado is an engineering nightmare but beautiful.

The thing about I-70 is that it goes only to the NS I-15 in Utah. There you have to switch to US 50 if you want to continue West. You drop south to Vegas on I-15 or jog north to Salt Lake and grab I-80 but if you are coming from the east and try to go transcontinental, best to use I-80 or I-40 which each have closures in this time of year as well.

[bert]

The mountain is seeking it s angle of repose

[American Quilter]

That must have traffic backed up for hours (the single alternating lane). I’ve been backed up for hours on I-70 when there WASN’T anything wrong.

[MileHi]

The highway through Glenwood Canyon is amazing.

The detour is 4 HOURS. Truckers can’t be happy.